Bluesky gains 1 million users after US election as X faces account deactivations

aljazeera.com

Bluesky has gained over 1 million new users since the US presidential election, bringing its total to more than 15 million. This increase follows a trend of users leaving X, previously known as Twitter, amid dissatisfaction with its management under Elon Musk. The platform, founded by Twitter's co-founder Jack Dorsey, has become popular among users unhappy with X's perceived shift to the right. Notably, The Guardian announced it would stop posting on X, citing concerns over harmful content. On the day after the election, X saw a significant drop, with 115,000 US users deactivating their accounts. This marked the largest single-day decline since Musk's takeover in October 2022.


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